Ed & Marilyn Biel are both Board members of United Growers Pty Ltd. Ed is current Chairman and Marilyn is Finance Director.
Marilyn helped establish the company on behalf of the members and has held the position of Market Manager/Organizer since its incorporation. She has been responsible for the day to day management of the market to ensure its smooth operation. She is an accountant in Public Practice specialising in Business Services which has assisted in the Markets success.
Ed has a background in the NSW Police Force, Security, then Logistics Management and since 1985 his passion has been farming in NSW. He has been very active over the years in the NSW Farmers Association as well as in the establishment of our Market. Ed has represented farmers on a number of State, Federal and Local Government committees in an effort to protect the future of farming in the Sydney Basin and NSW as a whole.
More...GrowersDirect Pty Ltd also known as Great Roots and is owned operated by Keith Platt. Keith is also a Director of United Growers Pty Ltd. Keith has worked with the Board to ensure that the Warwick Farm Trackside Market has direction; he wants it to be a welcoming market for both shoppers and stallholders. For approximately three years also prepared the weekly news letter on behalf of the company.
The GrowersDirect story started with tomatoes and then progressed into potatoes. Keith says that Australians need the ability to feed themselves in tough times and preferably with potatoes.
More...Obol Pty Ltd is linked to Chanteclair Farm and Healthier Eggs. Philip Gely is the man behind the company & the Body Egg. Their family story starts in 1944.
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Peter Sproule is a director of HC Sproule and Son Pty Ltd and also served 10 years on the Board of United Growers Pty Ltd. He has been working to ensure the market has a good future by supporting his fellow board members. Over the years he has been active in agripolitics but is pulling back these days.
Peter is a third generation flower grower who is keeping his fingers crossed that there will a fourth & better still the fifth generation of Sproule farmers when he watches his grandchildren trying to help on the farm and at the market.
More...Eddie Galea has held positions in the local NSWFA Horticulture Branch. He has been on National Vegetable Research and Development Advisory groups for about twelve years. He held the position of Board member of United Growers Pty Ltd for ten year. He has represented IPM, Environment and Leafy Vegetables and Consumers. He was also a member of the AUSVEG Environmental Committee and was on the NSW Vegetable Industry Development Officer Steering Committee.
Eddie Galea passed away on January 5th 2018 to Bowel Cancer. He will be missed.
D & G Enterprises (Australasia) Pty Ltd is owned by Denis Secco and because of the family business Flora International, there was no hesitation in putting his money up to keep the Farmers Market at Warwick Farm going back in 2004.
Flora International is your local commercial grower of cut Roses, Oriental lilies and Phalenopsis Orchids. Our farm is based at Leppington, just 20 minutes drive from the market and employs between 30-50 staff depending on the season. We pride ourselves on being the largest producer in NSW of Roses and Orchids. Our committment to providing long-lasting and quality roses has led us to avoid importing and instead invest heavily on advancing our growing systems in 35,000 m2 of crop which is grown in glasshouses.
More...Sixty five years ago Charlie Grech had a dream to start his own farm, growing quality vegetables for the people of Sydney. Today Charlie's dream is a reality and with the support of four of his sons, his dream continues to grow. Grech Farm Trading P/L is located along the Nepean River, on two properties just outside the township of Camden, and another in Cooma, which, due to the different climate conditions, allows us to grow vegetables all year round. Sadly Charlie has passed away but his family still continue his dream.
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